Paton, E.R.; Pike, O.G. - The Birds of Ayrshire

H.F. & G. Witherby 1929 xxi, 228, col frontis, 24 b/w photographic plates, text illus, folding col map. . HB. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt to spine, teg, other edges uncut. Endpapers partly browned; light spotting to fore-edge. Vg in well-preserved d/w (slight wear to extremities). Bookplate of Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958). Oates was a dedicated naturalist and book collector, and was instrumental in securing the home of Gilbert White as a permanent memorial to the naturalist and author. There he also established the Oates Memorial Museum and Library, which commemorated his cousin, Captain Lawrence Oates (1880-1912), a member of Scott's Antarctic Expedition, and his uncle Frank Oates (1840-1875).. First edition. Balance p. 435..

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